Help:Formatting

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You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like ''this''.

# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two

one

twospanning more linesdoesn't break numbering

three

three point one

three point two

Definition list

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2

item 1

definition 1

item 2

definition 2-1

definition 2-2

Adopting definition list to indent text

: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent

This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.

Single indent

Double indent

Multiple indent

Mixture of different types of list

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2

The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.

one

two

two point one

two point two

three

three item one

three def one

four

four def one

this rather looks like the continuation of # four

often used instead of <br />

five

five sub 1

five sub 1 sub 1

five sub 2

item 1

definition 1-1

definition 1-2

item 2

definition 2-1

definition 2-2

Preformatted text

preformatted text is done with
a '''space''' at the
''beginning'' of the line

This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.

preformatted text is done with
a space at the
beginning of the line

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tags <br />.

HTML

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, <span> and <font>. These apply anywhere you insert them.